The New Corinthians Stadium , also known as "Itaquerão", "Fielzão" and "Arena Corinthians" is a proposed football

Football (soccer)

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 stadium which would be built in Itaquera

Itaquera (district of São Paulo)

Itaquera is a district in the subprefecture of Itaquera of the city and prefecture of São Paulo in Brazil.The population of the District in 2010 was 194,671.The name in Tupi means "hard stone" or "insensitive stone".- Settlement :...

 area of São Paulo

São Paulo

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, Brazil

Brazil

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, and will replace the city owned Pacaembu Stadium

Estádio do Pacaembu

Estádio do Pacaembu , as it is usually called, is a football stadium in São Paulo, located on Praça Charles Miller, no nº - in Pacaembu neighborhood. Its official name is Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho and it is owned by the Municipal Prefecture of São Paulo...

 as the home stadium of Corinthians

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

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. The project was first announced on August 27, 2010, by president of CBF

Brazilian Football Confederation

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 Ricardo Teixeira

Ricardo Teixeira

Ricardo Terra Teixeira is the current president of the Brazilian Football Confederation since January 16, 1989. Teixeira has been chosen to remain on the presidency of CBF at least until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil completing then over 25 years as head of the institution...

, the governor

Governor

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 of São Paulo

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, Alberto Goldman

Alberto Goldman

Alberto Goldman is a Brazilian engineer and politician. He was elected Vice-governor of São Paulo in 2006 with Governor José Serra. After Serra's resignation, to be able to run for the presidency of Brazil in the general elections of October 2010, Goldman became governor of São Paulo on 6 April...

 and the mayor of São Paulo Gilberto Kassab

Gilberto Kassab

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, with a planned opening date of 2013. The stadium is intended to have a capacity of 48,000 spectators, with 20,000 additional seats during 2014 FIFA World Cup

2014 FIFA World Cup

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 in order to hold the opening game.

External links

• The stadium at Odebrecht
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